ORG XMIT: ILJP104 Jordyn Wieber of the USA flies in the air during her Floor Exercise routing during the American Cup gymnastics invitational on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, in Hoffman Estates, Ill. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

Jordyn Wieber, the Olympic and World champion gymnast, publicly confirmed for the first time Friday that she was sexually abused by former U.S. Olympic and USA Gymnastics national team physician Larry Nassar.

Wieber, the 2015 World all-around champion, revealed the abuse in a statement she read at the start of the fourth day of a sentencing hearing in Ingham County Michigan where Nassar, 54, has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting seven girls.

Wieber becomes the fourth member of the “Fierce Five,” the record-setting, gold medal-winning U.S. team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, to confirm they were sexually abused by Nassar.

Aly Raisman, a member of the 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion teams, is expected to testify later Friday.

At least 105 women are expected to testify or have their statements read before the hearing concludes Friday or Monday.

With Nassar, wearing a blue prison jump suit, Wieber, a Michigan native, said he began molesting her under the guise of medical treatment when she was 14. Wieber also accused USA Gymnastics of being her trust and not protecting her and dozens of others from Nassar.

Here’s Wieber’s statement:

“I thought that training for the Olympics would be the hardest thing I would ever have to do but in fact the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do is process I’m a victim of Larry Nassar.

“It has caused me to feel shame and confusion and I’ve spent months trying to think back on my experience and wonder how I didn’t even know this was happening to me and how I became so brainwashed by Larry and everyone at USA Gymnastics both of whom I thought were supposed to be on my side.

“I started seeing Larry Nassar at the age of 8 right here in my hometown of Lansing. He was known as the best gymnastics doctor in the world. Everyone in my club, on the U.S. national team and across the country saw Larry and everyone said the same thing: he was a miracle worker and he could fix about anything.

“I was treated by Larry for any and all injuries from ages 8 until I was 18 and it wasn’t long before he had gained my trust. He became a safe person of sorts and to my teenage self he appeared to be the good guy in an environment that was intense and restricting.

“He would try to advise me on how to deal with the the stresses of training, my coaches, he would bring us food and coffee at the Olympics when we were too afraid to eat too much in front of our coaches. I didn’t know that these were all grooming techniques that he used to manipulate me and brainwash me into trusting him.

“When I was 14 years old I tore my hamstring in my right leg. This is when he started performing the procedure we’re all now familiar with. I would cringe at how uncomfortable it felt. He would do it time after time, appointment after appointment, convincing me it was helping my hamstring injury. And the worst part was I had no idea that he was sexually abusing me for his own benefit. I knew it felt strange but he was the national team doctor. Who was I to question his treatments or even more risk my chance at making the Olympic team or being chosen to compete monthly at all our national team camps. I even talked to my teammates Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney about this treatment and how uncomfortable it made us feel. None of us really understood it.

“After I made the Olympic team I suffered a stress fracture in my right shin. It was extremely painful to tumble and land using my legs but I fought through the pain because it was my Olympics and I knew it probably be my only shot.

“Our bodies were all hanging by a thread when we were in London. Who was the doctor USAG sent to keep us healthy and help us get through? The doctor that was our abuser, the doctor that is a child molester.

“Because of my shin I couldn’t train without being in extreme pain and it effected the number of routines I could do to prepare for the competition and ultimately it made me feel less prepared than I should have been. I didn’t qualify for the all-around competition and I went through a dark time before we won the team gold.

“Now I question everything about that injury and the medical treatment I received. Was Larry even doing anything to help my pain? Was I getting the proper medical care? Or was he only focused on which one of us he was going to prey on next? What was he thinking about when he massaged my sore muscles every day? Now I question everything.

“To this day I still don’t know how he could have been allowed to do this for so long. My teammates and I were subjected to his medical care every single month at the national team training center in Texas. He was the only male allowed to be present in the athlete dorm rooms to do whatever treatments he wanted. He was allowed to treat us in hotel rooms alone wwithout any supervision. He took photos of us during training and whenever else he wanted. Nobody was protecting us from being taken advantage of. Nobody was even concerned whether or not we were being sexually abused. I was not protected and neither were my teammates.

My parents trusted USA Gymnastics and Larry Nassar to take care of me and we were betrayed by both. And now the lack of accountability of USAG, USOC and Michigan State have caused me and many other girls to remain shameful, confused and disappointed.

“I’m angry with myself for not recognizing the abuse and that’s something I’m struggling with today. But even though I’m a victim I do not and live not live my life as one.

“I’m an Olympian. Despite being abused I worked so hard and managed to achieve my goal but I want everyone, especially the media, to know that despite my athletic achievements I am one of over 140 women and survivors whose story is important. Our pain is all the same and our stories all important.

“And now the people who are responsible need to accept responsibility for the pain they have caused me and the rest of the women who have been abused. Larry Nassar is accountable. USA Gymnastics is accountable. The U.S. Olympic Committee is accountable. My teammates and friends have been through enough and now it’s time for change because the current and future gymnasts do not deserve to live in anxiety fear or be unprotected like I was.”

Judge Rosemarie Aquilina told Wieber her testimony would make it easier for future victims of sexual abuse to come forward.

“Thank you so much for your words,” Aquilina said. “You have an Olympian voice. People will listen to you. I’ve listened to you. You are really strong not just as an athlete but as a woman, as a survivor. I know you’ll get past this because of that strength, because you had the strength to come here and talk. It’s really important because what you’re doing is helping to set a new precedent that all victims/.survivors should speak out and that all victim have a right to speak out. And you’re young self did not know that but you have already with what you’re done in our community in so many others and in the world molded so many young minds and people. What you’ve just done now is equally important maybe more important because they will listen to you. They will speak out like you. They want to be you. You have nothing to be ashamed of. I’m so honored that you came to tell your story here today.”

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